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head of the ANC (African National Congress)

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Nelson Mandela

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stepped down in 2006 and his brother Raul Castro became president of Cuba

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Fidel Castro

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Date Raul Castro became president of Cuba

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2006

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Came after Fidel Castro (president of Cuba) in 2006

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Raul Castro

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known for violence by drug lords and guerillas

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Colombia

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____ freedom fighters were successful and Nicaragua had free elections in 1900

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Contra

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leader of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua

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Daniel Ortega

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Daniel Ortega was the leaders of the _____ in Nicaragua

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Sandinistas

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saw the longest war against guerrillas (36 years)

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Guatemala

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Guatemala saw the longest war against _______ (36 years)

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guerrillas

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Eliminated trade barriers between Canada, America, and Mexico

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NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

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NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) eliminated trade barriers between ____,____,____

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Canada, America, and Mexico

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fought against the Sandinistas

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contras

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government of Mexico

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Institutional Revolutionary Party

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Institutional Revolutionary Party was the government of where?

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Mexico

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second largest country in the world

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Canada

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Achieved independence from Great Britain in 1982

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Canada

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Date that Canada achieved independence from Great Britain

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1982

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liberal leader of Canada

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Pierre Trudeau

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Canada’s first female Prime Minister

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Kim Campbell

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Conservative Party leader and new Prime Minister of Canada

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Stephen Harper

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president after Ronald Reagan

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George H.W. Bush

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George H.W. Bush desired a ________

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“new world order”

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Desired a “new world order”

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George H.W. Bush

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Insisted on extending Most Favored Nation (MFN) Trading Status to China
George H.W. Bush
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George H.W. Bush insisted on extending ____________Trading Status to *China*
Most Favored Nation (MFN)
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George H.W. Bush praised known Communists like _____ and _____ to foster world peace
Gorbachev and Mandela
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democratic president after H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
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coordinates world trade policies
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) led to WTO (World Trade Organization)
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) led to _______
WTO (World Trade Organization)
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dictator of Haiti
Jean Bertrand Artistide
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first female secretary of state in America
Madeline Albright
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elected president and led the way in the war on terror
George W. Bush
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first black president of the U.S.
Barack Obama
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accounts for 45% of the world’s trade
APEC
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APEC accounts for __% of the world’s trade
45% (Most comes from Japan)
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military government of Japan; helped with WW2 recovery
Douglas MacArthur
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stand in stark contrast to the failures of China
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea
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first democratically elected president of China
Lee Teng-hui
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first civilian president of South Korea
Kim Young Sam
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Gained independence on July 4, 1946
The Philippines
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date The Philippines gained independence
July 4, 1946
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president of the Philippines until he was forced to flee
Ferdinand E. Marcos
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“The Spice Islands”
Indonesia
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what is Indonesia called? (two names)
“The Spice Islands” and East Indies
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what kind of colony is Indonesia?
Dutch
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Indonesia’s first president
Sukarno
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replaced Sukarno and sought assistance from the West
Suharto (new leader of Indonesia)
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the only South East Asian country to never have been ruled by a Western power
Muang Thai “Land of the Free” (Thailand)
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“Land of the Free”
Muang Thai (Thailand)
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what is Muang Thai (Thailand) referred to as?
“Land of the Free”
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One of the most prosperous nations in Asia
Muang Thai (Thailand)
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Myanmar (Burma) was renamed _______
Union of Myanmar
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Controlled by the Socialist Party of Burma
Myanmar (Burma)/Union of Myanmar
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first nation to place itself under U.N. jurisdiction
Australia
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Still greatly suffers from poverty due to dietary laws of religion
India
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P.M. of India who focused on bettering India’s domestic condition and standing worldwide
Singh
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an ethnic group of nomadic Muslims
Kurds (from Israel)
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areas that caused great tension between Israel and Palestine
The Gaza Strip and the West Bank of Jericho
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Palestine occupied territories in Israel
Intifada
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“Land for Peace”
Oslo Accords
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conservative P.M. of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
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the Hebron Accords was peace between _____ and ____
Israel and Palestine
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peace between Israel and Palestine
Hebron Accords
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IDF pursuit of Yassir Arafat
Operation Defensive Shield
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Israeli reoccupation of territory previously ceded to Palestine
Operation Determined Path
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two state system for Israel and Palestine
Road Map for Peace
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Road Map for Peace was a two state system for _____ and _____
Israel and Palestine
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one of the greatest natural disasters America has ever experienced; struck the U.S. in 2005
Katrina
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linking together of military and university computers
ARPANET
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proved the integration of different kinds of technology into one device
cellphone
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largest and most intricate global project undertaken
International Space Station (ISS)
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tracking system associated with GPS tech.
Radio Frequency Identification chips (RFID)
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first Chinese Taikonaut in space
Yang Liwei
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the idea that some biological systems are irreducibly complex
Irreducible Complexity
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belief that order in the universe is not the result of random combinations but the design of an intelligent being
Intelligent Design (ID)
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discovered Irreducible Complexity
Michael Behe
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Groups like _____ _____ have advocated for and popularized abortion
Planned Parenthood
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the killing of the weak or infirmed
Euthanasia
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Euthanasia was first legalized in _____
Holland
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The study of moral implications and applications of biological research
Bioethics
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controversial in bioethics
Stem Cell Research
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idea of God-given absolute standard of ethics
Metanarrative
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animals and plants are on the same level of importance as humans
Modern Environmentalism
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belief that the general temperature of the earth and its ocean is being warmed due to pollution and greenhouse gases
Global Warming
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required nations to reduce greenhouse emissions to baselines used during the 1900s (“carbon credits”)
Kyoto Protocol
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a plan for a one-world government rather than individual freedom
Globalism
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